Format:
Online-Ressource (284 p)
ISBN:
9781780934877
Series Statement:
Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Japan
Content:
Japanese management styles and their relationship to Japanese business success have been aridly studied and analysed in the West, but rarely do Western observers understand fully the importance of cultural and historical factors in the Japanese economic miracle. This book provides a unique insight into the unseen world of Japanese business by intertwining the history, growth and performance of ASICS, a major Japanese corporation, with the life of its remarkable founder, Kihachiro Onitsuka and the dramatic and complex changes in Japanese life, economy and culture since the end of the Second Wor
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. Rebirth; Prologue; Desolation; The Formative Years; Promise to a War Comrade; Defeat; To Kobe; Renamed ''Onitsuka''; 2. Learning Through Experience; The Dark Side of Business; Changing Direction; Postwar Managerial Ideology; 3. Onitsuka Corporation; Corporate Assets; Rising to the Challenge; Strategy for the Novice; On the Road; Marriage Arranged; 4. Corporate and Personal Survival; Work is Everything; Tiger Brand; A Brush with Death; The Saviour; Changing Fortunes; 5. Solidarity; Retailer Support; Employee Dedication; Personnel Training; 6. Growth and Greed
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Olympic Involvement BeginsAccused of Tax Evasion; An Obligation Fulfilled; Search for Happiness; A Fair System of Merit; Managerial Training and Advancement; A Promise Fulfilled; 7. Broadening Perspectives; Travelling Abroad; Product Innovation; Distance Running Shoes; Early Research; Marketing Strategy; The Onitsuka Circle; 8. Diversification Disaster; Stock Exchange Listing; Diversification Out of Control; The Circle Stands Firm; Dealing with the Banks; 9. Point-of-Focus Management; Parting with the Heir Apparent; ''Glass Pane'' Management; Importance of Point-of-Focus Management
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The Olympics in Japan10. Consolidation and Expansion; Fiscal Control; Domestic and Foreign Expansion; Business Culture Differences; International Rivalry; 11. Strengthening the Corporation; The Oil Crisis; The ''Diet''; Functions of Profit; Diversification Rechallenged; Success; Corporate Olympics; 12. The Birth of ASICS; Totalization Advances; Mitsuji Teranishi and GTO; Kazuma Usui and Jelenk; From Co-operation to Amalgamation; ASICS; 13. Growing Pains; Corporate Adjustments; A New Role for Onitsuka; Labour-Management Unity; ''ASICS Innovation''; Becoming Number-1 in Profitability
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Winter OlympicsRecognition; National and International Association Involvement; 14. Meeting the Escalating Competition; Modernizing Garment Production; Changes in Merchandise Distribution; Marketing Lessons from Descente; R & D in Sports Shoes; 15. Ongoing International Expansion; Taiwanese and Korean Licensees; German and Brazilian Subsidiaries; A New Corporate Office; Research Institute of Sports Science; Sound Minds in Sound Bodies; The High Cost of Corporate Success; Epilogue; Appendix: Onitsuka''s Speech; ''Theories and Practices of Japanese Management''
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Matsushita''s Comments on Onitsuka''s Management PhilosophyNotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Additional Edition:
9781780934884
Additional Edition:
Print version Personality in Industry : The Human Side of a Japanese Enterprise
Language:
English
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